Minimum Qualifications:
Competitive Qualifications:
Eligible for reassignment, transfer, reachable for appointment from the appropriate eligible list or must meet the following minimum qualifications:
The successful candidate must be reachable on the full-time, permanent Civil Service list for Office Assistant 1 (Keyboarding), have held the permanent title of Office Assistant 1 (Keyboarding) in the past or be eligible to transfer into the title.
Non-Competitive Qualifications:
This title is part of the New York Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement Statewide Program (NY HELPS).* To be considered for appointment through NY HELPS, candidates must meet the open- competitive minimum qualifications for this position.
There are no minimum education or experience requirements for this position. However, prior to appointment, candidates will be required to pass a keyboarding test that demonstrates ability to enter text at a rate of at least 30 words per minute with at least 96% accuracy.
Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Microsoft Office suite program
• Providing information via phone and/or email.

REMARKS
This is a contingent, permanent position.
Employees who believe they are eligible to apply for this position under applicable Civil Service Laws and who are interested in applying for consideration for appointment to this position are required to file an appropriate notice of such interest by 6/21/2024.

• For the duration of the NY HELPS Program, this title may be filled via a non-competitive appointment, which means no examination is required but all candidates must meet the minimum qualifications of the title for which they apply.

At a future date (within one year of permanent appointment), it is expected employees hired under NY HELPS will have their non-competitive employment status converted to competitive status, without having to compete in an examination. Employees will then be afforded with all of the same rights and privileges of competitive class employees of New York State. While serving permanently in a NY HELPS title, employees may take part in any promotion examination for which they are qualified.
Pursuant to Executive Order 161, no State entity, as defined by the Executive Order, is permitted to ask, or mandate, in any form, that an applicant for employment provide his or her current compensation, or any prior compensation history, until such time as the applicant is extended a conditional offer of employment with compensation. If such information has been requested from you before such time, please contact the NYS Office of Employee Relations at (518) 474-6988 or via email at info@oer.ny.go